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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
she was badly roughed up by her boxing partner
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as in to abuse
to abuse physically
the photographer claimed that he had been roughed up by the actor's bodyguards outside the club
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Nomi Malone licking the stripper pole in Showgirls?Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the series premiere, Rio licked Agatha’s hand in a sapphic (and slightly blood-play oriented) moment of intimacy, and the two also had an almost-kiss at the end of episode four.Quispe López, Them, 31 Oct. 2024
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The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into Corning for possibly abusing its market dominance in supplying its protective glass to electronics vendors.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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In her old home, Sasha was abused and could not walk or clean herself properly.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Thankfully their Old & Rare advent calendar comes with a wooden case (to hide the purple).Mark Littler, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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And, on September 28, CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge uncovered nearly 1,950 pounds of a drug believed to be methamphetamine hidden in a tractor-trailer.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Videos later emerged showing the friends physically attacking Robinson, but the FBI never charged anyone or made any arrests in the case.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Ukraine has allegedly repeatedly attacked this air base with drones, including as recently as mid-September.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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The line of people waiting to use the facilities had a similar question and began pounding on the door.AllBusiness, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen pounds his chest after the final out of the seventh inning in Game 5 of the World Series against the Yankees.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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The large nonvenomous constrictor captures its prey by ambushing it before coiling around it.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Guerrillas ambushed enemies, one former rebel told me, and finished them off with axes or knives before stealing their weapons.Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Wack 100 has lashed out against J. Prince in response to the latter mentioning the former during a recent livestream on social media.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, no one is more preoccupied with such star power than Donald Trump himself, who basks in the adulation and approval of luminaries who support him and regularly lashes out at those who don’t.Brian Lowry, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Iris ends up getting manhandled a little, but at least no one is killed.Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 July 2024
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This game got a lot more interesting after Servite manhandled JSerra 20-7 last week.Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Rough (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rough%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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